I don't have many sources at my disposal at this moment, but these are not new topics, so I believe one could establish sufficient literary merit and identifable reference sources to establish agender and genderqueer/non-binary identified people as distinct groups worthy of their own subject headings. http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Agender http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Non-binary http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Genderqueer Matt On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Linde M Brocato (lmbrcato) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I agree with you, Pete, particularly your second sentence. > > > > It’s not too narrow or too broad, but a shift in a slightly different > direction, rather like “asexual” these days, it seems to me. > > > > Seems to me, also, that, also like “asexuality,” it’s an interesting > refusal of the intense and rigid gendering and sexualizing of everything. > > > > Best, > > LMB > > > > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Wilson, Pete > *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2015 05:56 PM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [PCCLIST] "Agender people" subject heading? > > > > I’m definitely using that as a subject heading also, but I think > “Transgender people” is not too narrow—if anything, it’s too broad. The > video is not really about the two “traditional” genders, or even people who > move definitively from one to the other, but the space between the two. > > > > Pete Wilson > > Vanderbilt University > > > > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging [ > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of > *Guy Vernon Frost > *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2015 5:36 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [PCCLIST] "Agender people" subject heading? > > > > Honestly, I think from your title that Agender and Transgender may be too > narrow. I think I would just go with *Gender identity* as a subject > heading. > > > > Guy Frost > Associate Professor of Library Science/Catalog Librarian > NACO Georgia Funnel Coordinator > Odum Library/Valdosta State University > Valdosta, Georgia 31698-0150 > 229.259.5060 > [log in to unmask] > FDLP 0125 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> on > behalf of Wilson, Pete <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2015 6:15 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [PCCLIST] "Agender people" subject heading? > > > > Hey, would anyone like to take a task I’m sloughing off? > > > > I’m cataloging a video called “Three to Infinity: Beyond Two Genders.” As > you can probably see, it’s about people who identify as neither male nor > female (or maybe both, but the distinction seems subtle). > > > > There’s really not a good heading for this sort of identity, though > “Transgender people” comes pretty close. But if this identity is not > separate from “transgender,” it is at least a special case of that. > > > > I don’t think I have the time to research a subject heading proposal for > “Agender people,” which is the best I can come up with (thanks to a > friend). Such a thing would need some good vetting. > > > > But if anyone would like to fill this gap that I perceive, I’d sure urge > you on. > > > > I’d also like to know if there has been any judgment by LC that > “Transgender people” will do for these folks. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Pete Wilson > > Vanderbilt University > > > -- -- Matthew C. Haugen Rare Book Cataloger 102 Butler Library Columbia University Libraries E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 212-851-2451